just how hard is it to lose 2lbs per week? I find it difficult, but some people seem to do it with ease.....why?
2007-06-17 08:30:31 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
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2007-06-17 08:51:30 · update #1
Differences in metabolism. I would go 3 weeks w/o losing and by weeks four and five, lose about 5 lbs each week-which still averages about 10lbs a month. Just because you aren't dropping pounds consistantly, doesn't mean you aren't doing the right thing. It will catch up, if YOU stay consistant 85% of the time with calorie reduction, and healthy eating, and exercise!
I promise.
Don't give up!
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2007-06-17 08:40:17 · answer #1 · answered by MamiZorro2 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I can't even lose 2 pounds in 4 weeks WITH working out, walking/running on the treadmill and doing tae bo 45 minutes at a time, 6 days a week, all while eating under 2000 calories a day. I think I have a thyroid disorder and it sucks. I just want to lose weight! This isn't fair.
2007-06-18 01:29:29 · answer #2 · answered by Trish C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Two pounds (up to a certain point) is quite doable - you just have to reduce your total calories by 3000-3500 to do so. This can be acheived by reducing your intake by about 200-400 per day, combined with exercise/working out to burn off the rest.
Work it out - if you can reduce your diet by 500 calories a day, 500 x 7 days = 3500 calories - which is one pound. Burn off the other pound through working out...
Anything more than this is considered unhealthy - though many people starting a diet report larger losses in the first several weeks (usually this is water weight - excess water your body has been storing up). That is how "fad" diets work - they get you to quickly lose 10lbs of water weight, and then it stops working...
2007-06-17 15:40:04 · answer #3 · answered by kr_toronto 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You may have a low basil metabolism. Some people burn a lot of calories just standing still. Some do not. Some are naturally active, some have to force themselves.
For both 3500 calories burned in excess of those eaten = 1 pound of fat loss. That is a lot of activity. A lot.
The good thing is that aerobics raises the rate at which you burn calories for hours.
2007-06-17 15:38:37 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I really don't know how people do it. I have been losing one pound per week but I'm just not willing to work out any more than 30 minutes per day. If I wanted to burn 2 lbs per week, I'd probably have to double that... or eat less... and I'm already only eating about 1100-1300 calories per day.
There's no shame in losing one pound per week!
2007-06-17 15:35:19 · answer #5 · answered by UofMWolverines03 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
well. the two pounds u lose might not actually show up on the scale unless u are weighing urself at the same time every day. more than likely u will gain muscle, lose inches, and tone up at first rather than lose actual pounds on the scale, so i'd count inches on my waiste instead. another thing u can do is take a full body picture of u now and take another one in two weeks to see ur progress.
2007-06-17 15:36:45 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you want to lose weight you really have to put your mind to it. Be serious. You dont have to starve. Just try not to eat to much fat, sweet drinks ( specially coke because it inflates you) drink if you like it, but not to often. Drink water, as much as you can. It's goof for your entire body.
Try also to cut eating too much bread.
- Have a normal breakfast
- A very good lunch, but
- A light dinner ( understand me, you can eat, just not to much)
Dinner usually is the meal that makes you more fat, because since it's at a late time, you dont do more physical activity to burn the fats.
Good luck, remember you can only achieve what you want when you set your mind to it.
2007-06-17 15:41:09 · answer #7 · answered by Marilug 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Everyone is different; some have a faster metabolism than others. For some, it's just hard to eat what they should, and they'll do a bit of binging in that week...
2007-06-17 15:33:24 · answer #8 · answered by Britta Britta 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's the difference in metabolism, for some people it might be really easy to lose weight...for me and you it might be extremly hard! Goodluck!
2007-06-17 15:36:13 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
everybody is built differently, some people have a higher mitabolism and some people have a high motabolism, some people are indomophis, some people are ectomophis, lol well good luck with that, so lose too much wieght.
2007-06-17 15:36:12 · answer #10 · answered by ♥Nikki♥ 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋